Protesters storm Islamist militia group headquarters

  • 12 years ago
In Benghazi, protesters stormed the headquarters of the group Ansar al-Sharia --- the Islamist militant group linked to the attack that killed four American diplomats.

Washington has blamed the Islamist militant group for the attack that killed four American diplomats

Demonstrators pulled down the group's flag and torched a vehicle inside the compound.

They say the country's democracy efforts being thwarted by armed religious groups. The action against the the Islamist militants appears to have been part a police sweep on their headquarters.

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